Spring-clip for holding papers, &amp;c.



N 731,597. l *PATENTEDV JUNE'ZS, 1903.

SPRING GLIP FOR HOLDING PAPERSLM.

APPLIOATION'IILED AUG; 20,1902.

. UNITED STATES,

Patented June 23, 1903.

ATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. MOGILL OF RlVERDALE-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

SPRING-CLIP FO-R'HOLDING PAPERS, &. c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,597, dated June 23,1 903.

' Application filed August 20, 9612. SerialNo. 120,350. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/perm.- l

Be it known that 1,.GEORGE W. MCGILL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, anda resident of Riverdale-on-Hudson, in the county of New York and Stateof New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in]Spring-Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved spring-clip for holding papers, cards, andlike articles, it.

being also adapted to.l1ang or suspend the same from a nail or rod orlike articles; and

itconsists of a single piece of suitable springwire fashionedinto a ringof helical forma-:

tion, consisting of two spirally-shaped strands superimposed one uponthe other in parallelcontact and spring-bearing throughout the length oftheir coils and with part of one or both of such strands or coilsprojected out- Ward radially from the rest of such coil at op-l positepoints in the circumference of the ring, providing the device at'its oneside or top part with a loop or hook for suspendingit and at itsopposite side or bottom part with a projecting li'p adapted to serve asa ready means of opening the ring edgewise at such bottom part and ofguiding to such opening the articles to be clasped between itssuperimposed coils.

In the accompanyingrdrawings, forming \part of this specification,and inwhich similar reference numerals and letters indicate correspondingparts, Figure 1 shows a front view in perspective of,the ringclipfashioned as a paper-holder proper-and unprovided with means forsuspending it. Figs.

. 2 and 3are similar views of the clip provided at its top part or uppercircumference of one of its coils with a ring. for hanging or.-,suspending it from 'a nail. .or like article, and

Figs. 4 and 5 are views similar to Figs. 2and 3, exceptingthat insteadof the suspensionrings shown in those figures hooks are provided toenable the device to be hung from a string or'rod and hooked toa-fabric. is an edgeor side view of' Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 Fig. 8 shows thedevice constructed as shown in Fig. 2 applied in holding and hanging acard or other paper.

The wire forming the body or helical clamping-ring A of the device isdoubled except at Fig. 6

.(marked,respectively, 1 and 2 in the drawings,) and they are inparallel spring contact or hearing with each other throughout theircoiled length. At the base of the device the .wire in one of the coils,preferably the rear coil, is folded out from the circumference of suchcoil and back upon itself in the same plane and in manner to provide inthat part of the coil a looped and radially-projecting lip 3, adapted toserve as a ready means of opening or separating the superimposed coilsof the helical clamping-ring A edgewise at .that point and of guidingtosuc'h opening the articlesbeing clipped.

u In Fig. 2 the single strand 4 of the wire forming-the top part of thehelical ring and leading to both its coils is projected radially outwardand upward from the circumference of such ring in looped formation,providing the clip a suspending loop or ring 5, adapting it, with thepaper clipped therein, to be hung or suspended from a nail.

In Fig. 3 instead of the single wire 4 being projected outward andupward to form such suspending loop or ring the end part of the coil 1is continued up to and above the top of the helical ring A and therebent back upon itself in manner toform the outward andradially-projecting suspension loop or ring 5'.

In'Fig. 4. the single wire 4 in the upper part of the helicalring A andleading to both the coils is projected outward from the circumfere'ncethereof in doubled formation and folded over upon itself-in manner toprovide the device an outwardly projecting 'twostranded looped nose-hook6, adapted to be hooked over a cord" or rod in suspending the devicetherefrom, and in Fig. 5 the end part of the coil 2 is shown continuedup to and above the top of the helical ring A,as in Fig. 3, and therevertically or radially projected outward and folded back upon'itself inmanner to provide a single-strand supending-hook 6 set radially withrespectto the coils and adapted to be hooked'ov'era cord or rod or tohave its pin-pointed nose inserted in some fabric or other fibrousarticle in suspending the device therefrom.

imposed, one upon the other, in parallel spring-bearing, and having afold of wire projecting radially outward from the central part of one ofsuch coils in manner to provide the device a radial projecting lipadapted to facilitate the separation, or opening edgewise, of suchsuperimposed coils, and the guiding to such opening of the articlesbeing clipped.

2. A spring-clip consisting of a single piece of suitable spring-wirethe greater portion of which is coiled upon itself in manner to providethe device a helical ring-shaped body partor frame consisting in part oftwo strands of the wire normally in parallel spring-bearing with eachother, the double-stranded side of such frame being provided with aprojecting lip, extending radially from the central part of one of thestrands therein and adapted to assist in separating such strands at thatpoint and entering between them the articles being clipped, and theopposite side of the frame being provided with means with which tosuspend the device from a nail, rod or like article.

3. A spring-clip fashioned from a single wire having its end partscoiled upon each other in manner to provide the device a helicalring-frame, with part of one of the coiled wires providing the doubledlower periphery of such ring-frame, folded and projected outwardlybeyond the other wire therein in manner to provide the frame at itslower periphery with an outwardly-projecting lip, and having bothstrands of the wire in the frame, on each side of such lip, superimposedin spring-bearing one upon the other.

4. A spring-clip fashioned from a single wire having its end partscoiled upon each other in manner to provide the device a helicalring-frame, with part of one of the coiled wires providing the doubledlower part of the periphery of such ring-frame, folded and projectedoutwardly beyond the other wire therein in manner to provide the frameat its lower periphery with an outwardly-projecting lip, and having bothstrands of the wire in the frame, on each side of such lip, superimposedin spring-bearing one upon the other, and having part of the wire in theopposite side of the frame folded outwardly therefrom in manner toprovide the clip with means for suspending it.

Signed at Riverdale-on-I-Iudson, in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this 12th day of May, A. D. 1902.

GEORGE W. MCGILL.

Witnesses:

W. HARRY MCGILL, M. L. H. MCGILL.

